Mary Bigelow Ingham
1800s American dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform
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Isla May Stamp
Australian educator
Ida Standley
Australian educator
Susan Louisa Moir Allison
Canadian teacher, pioneer rancher, storekeeper, historian, and author
Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman
American educator
Martha Whiting
Boston’s Charlestown Female Seminary, established in 1831, educated notable women. Martha Whiting (1795-1853), it’s first headmistress, was a pioneer in female education and missionary work.
Martha Rand Morse May
American educator
Charlotte Harris
Boston’s Charlestown Public Library, established in 1860, owes much to donor Charlotte Harris (1840-1920).
Ella Gilbert Ives
Ella Gilbert Ives was an American educator and author of The Evolution of a Teacher.
Emily Porter Fifield
Emily Porter Fifield (1838-1913) was the second woman ever elected to the Boston School Committee, where she served for 16 years.